Retro City Rampage Still Forthcoming

The long-awaited 8-Bit GTA parody is "almost at the finish line" according to its development blog. I can't wait to get my classic controller on this game. I've actually been watching development since the project was titled "GrandTheftendo" and was a Famicom homebrew project. Thankfully the developer scrapped that idea in favor of the possibilities available in a modern format.

If you wanna see some screenshots, click here.

You can also read the post I made right after E3 about Retro City Rampage.

Hopefully Nintendo won't drag asses with this project, but knowing them, they will. You'll be able to download the game on either the 360 or Wii, and its nice to see cross-platform publishing that includes the Wii.

E3 2011: Retro City Rampage Screenshots

Looking at the screenshot, it's easy to see that Retro City Rampage expanded beyond it's roots as a GTA clone and embraced more of 8-Bit gaming.

Just in these screens, you can see references to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mega Man 2, Ninja Gaiden, and other classic platformers.

I really can't wait to get my hands on this one! Brian Provinciano really went all out!

He also has a development blog, in which you can watch a video of Grand Theftendo, his demake of GTA 3 (now defunct). Retro City Rampages promises all the older project could offer, plus more. Hope you enjoy this gallery of screenshots in the meantime!

First of E3 2011: Retro City Rampage

I often wonder about some homebrew NES games that simply vanish. One such game was Grand Theftendo: an attempt to create an GTA-style homebrew NES game. I stopped keeping up with the project year ago, when the developer went AWOL.

However, the game has resurfaced as a WiiWare, PSN, and XBLA title: Retro City Rampage. Suppodly the game cracks jokes, much like Fight Town, and gaming/GTA/beat-'em-up tropes (Final Fight took place in "Metro City" and "River City Ransom" is considered by many gamers to be the greatest beat-'em-up of all time, and the first to fuse RPG elements into a beat-'em-up.

Even though Retro City Ransom loses some novelty by not being an actual Famicom game, I'm glad to see the developer reach a wider audience with 8-Bit gaming.

More info on Retro City Rampage, and other interesting 2011 E3 News next week! I expect a general release date and pricing, as well as anecdotes revolving around the creation of the game to be revealed, but who knows? For now, check out these really sweet Retro City Rampage screenshots.




He's serious about that Code Book. I'd be pissed too, those things were important before the internet, damn it!